College to Career

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College to Career

As a university of opportunity, student success is a core part of our strategic plan and the foundation of social and economic mobility — that is — taking students to a different place than where they started. Ensuring that Wayne State’s students graduate career ready and prepared to thrive is a goal of the Our Moment in Time strategic plan. This institutional initiative seeks to determine and drive progress, and enhance and expand efforts to ensure that students are career ready.

Career-engaged learning is the key to achieving our objectives, and this university-wide initiative enhances, expands and integrates the applied learning happening in the classroom, with opportunities extending well beyond the classroom. Learning-by-doing opportunities help deepen a student's educational experience through application in real-world contexts. Students gain marketable skills like critical thinking, leadership and communication. These skills build a strong foundation for long-term career success. Defined broadly, career-engaged learning includes, but is not limited to, the following:

  • Interdisciplinary project-based learning and field work
  • Internships, micro-externships, and co-operative experiences
  • Global experiences/education abroad
  • Community service learning
  • Team-based, solutions-oriented experiences
  • Research in the field and in lab settings
  • Alumni and professional mentoring, job shadowing and other developmental experiences
  • Entrepreneurship and other business development opportunities

With your Giving Day support, you'll help students encounter the world, gain deeper insights and new perspectives, and learn by doing.


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